Bottle



L. JlLLY.

BOTTLE.

APPLICATION HLED APR.19, 1913. 1,193,792. r Patented Aug.'8, 1916.

INVE N TOR LOUIS JILLY, OF CLINTON, IOWA.

BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

Application filed April 19, 1913. Serial No. 762,391.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, LoUIs J ILLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clinton, in the county of Clinton and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in bottles.

The main object of my invention is to provide an efiective structure formed to necessitate the employment of closure means diflicult of duplication and reapplication; thereby rendering the sealing or closing of the bottle diflicult and usually impracticable, thus serving as means to minimize the .chances for refilling and resealing of the bottle.

Another object is to form the outlet open ing or mouth in the side of the bottle, preferably its neck, with the inner and outer walls of the mouth of rectangular shape, so that the mouth cannot be closed by an ordinary stopper or cap such as a cork stopper or metal cap, but must employ a closure member of special form and such as will be supplied by the manufacturer of the article, or at least used by the sealer of the bottles.

Various other objects, mostly minor' in nature to those stated, and advantages, will appear hereinafter from the description following taken in connection with the accompanying drawings illustrating embodiments of the invention.

In said drawings :-Figure 1 is an elevation of a bottle neck illustrating a second form of sealing means attached thereto and carrying out the objects of my invention; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the bottle neck shown in Fig. 1, the closure being omitted; Fig. 3 is an elevation of the same part as Fig. 2, but taken at right angles thereto, to specifically illustrate the bottle mouth; Fig. 4 is a plan view of the neck of the bottle closed by the second form of means; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the seal employed in connection with the second form; and Fig. 6 is a top edge view of said seal.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings wherein like reference numerals designate like and corresponding parts throughout the views, the bottle neck is designated 11, provided with a cap wall 12, and an enlarged portion 13 adjacent said cap wall, which merges into a continuous rectangular rim 14 defining the mouth of the bottle at 15. The enlargement 13 is provided with a notch or groove, designated 16. Also the end wall of the rim 14 is rounded and designated 17 This form of bottle may ,be closed by a sealingmember or cap 18 preferably of glass.

This cap is curved to conform with the curvature of the wall 17 and has projecting inwardly therefrom an offset plug 19. A groove 20 is also formed on the seal 18, specifically in the outer wall thereof, and which groove preferably terminates in grooves 21 formed in end walls of the seal 18. The plug 19 upon the seal being applied, extends interior of the bottle neck 15. Intermediate the inner wall of the seal 18 and wall 17 may be provided a flexible gasket 22 such as one of cork or rubber. The seal member is preferably fastened in position against the rim 14 by means of a tie member shown as a wire 23 adapted to enter the grooves 16, 20 and 21, and the opposite ends be twisted together as at 24 to tightly clamp the seal over the mouth.

It is to be also noted that the substitution of a suitable seal in place of the one designated 18, is reduced or minimized through the provision of the curved wall 17 and wall of the seal adapted thereto.

By reason of the fact that the mouth 15 is provided in the side of the bottle, it will be somewhat more diflicult to fill than if the mouth were located at the end of the neck as usual. Also, by reason of the fact that the mouth is rectangular, a round cork such as is universally used for closing bottles, cannot be used to close the mouth. Thus, if a cork were used at all, it must be specially made and of the exact shape as the inner or defining wall of the mouth 15. Inasmuch as the outer wall of the mouth at the rim 14, is rectangular, a round metallic cap, such as is universally employed for capped closed bottles, cannot be effectively used. In view of these facts, it is necessary that the stopper and cap be of a special construction. This closure member therefore, would be one, that in all probability, would be made by the manufacturer of the bottle, or at any rate, be manufactured solely for and applied to the bottle by the sealer thereof.

It is to be understood that the foregoing is a specific embodiment of my invention and is designed to fully illustrate its application, it being therefore understood that changes in the details of construction thereof such as fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claim are reserved.

Having thus described my said invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is':

A bottle having a laterally-extending enlarg'ement formed adjacent the top thereof,

a rectangular mouth presenting a slightly arcuate face formed in said enlargement upon the side of said bottle, a circumferentially-extending groove formed in said enlargement terminating adjacent opposite walls of the mouth, curved rims defining the upper and lower edges of said mouth, an

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